Assessment: Sustainability, Diversity and Innovation
18 - 19 November 2010
University of Technology Sydney
You are invited to participate in the ATN Assessment 2010 Conference: Sustainability, Diversity and Innovation, sponsored by the Australian Technology Network of universities. The conference provides participants with opportunities to explore research and scholarly practice in designing, implementing and supporting innovative and enduring assessment for students and teachers in higher education institutions. The theme of sustainability, diversity and innovation includes the following strands:
- Assessment for sustainable learning within and beyond the course
- Sustainable assessment practices and standards
- Innovative assessment: opportunities and challenges
- Diversity and assessment: diverse students and diverse assessment practices.
These strands aim to allow for a broad range of contributions, while also aligning the conference with current higher education policy agendas. At this conference you will have the opportunity to explore different aspects of assessment, including different needs and objectives, contexts and approaches, practices and tools. We will be: sharing practices that are demonstrably effective; discussing the challenges of innovation; contributing to the scholarship of assessment; and engaging with communities of academics and teachers, students and employers.
The conference will include exciting keynote presentations, invited speakers, paper presentations, workshops and posters as well as panel sessions.
The ATN Assessment Conference is an activity of the ATN Teaching and Learning Committee. It is hosted each year by one of the five ATN universities in Australia and open to participants from across the higher education sector. The University of Technology, Sydney is the host for the 2010 conference.
We look forward to seeing you at ATN Assessment Conference 2010: Sustainability, Diversity and Innovation.
Katrina Waite and Nicola Parker, Conference Conveners
Jo McKenzie, Director
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning, UTS.
Keynote Speakers
Our conference Keynote Speakers who will be posing challenges and offering ideas for practice and policy associated with our key themes are:
- Professor Dai Hounsell, University of Edinburgh
- Professor David Boud, University of Technology Sydney
- Professor Keithia Wilson and Associate Professor Alf Lizzio, Griffith University
Who is the conference for?
The conference is designed for academics, higher education teachers, sessional academics, curriculum and assessment developers. Teaching and learning coordinators and leaders, academic and professional development staff as well as senior academics, leaders and managers will also find this conference highly relevant. Researchers in education and assessment in particular, postgraduate researchers and students are key contributors to this event. In addition, industry and community workplace supervisors, government policy managers and advisors, education consultants and representatives of professional bodies involved in assessment will find this conference provides them with important insights into their roles.
For more information and to add your name to a list for future announcements, email: atn.assessment@uts.edu.au.
